Wick



L. S. CHADWICK.

WICK.

.APPLICATION FILED MAII. 23, |918.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

Wicks for oil stoves, lamps, and thelike.

15 the wick is very accurate, uneven' and LEE S. CHADW'ICK, 0F EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIl-IGNOR T0 THE CLEVELAND METAL Nr eprice.

' PBODUGTS COMPANY,0F CLEVELAND, QHIO, A GORPORATION OF OHIO.

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To all whom t may concern.'

lBe it known that l, LEE S.' CHADWIGK, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Cleveland, in the county of I` Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Wicks, of which the Jollowinl is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvementsy in Considerable diiiiculty is experienced by users in re-Wicking oil stoves and lamps, especially `wherein tubular wicks are employed for the reason that unless the adjustment of smoky flames result, and without Asome means for definitely locating the wick within the burner, the average user is unable to obtain the proper adjustment.

` 'The objects of this invention are to provide an arrangement of wick and wick carrier that permits relative adjustment between the wick and carrier and obviates the above difficulty; that a'ords cheap and convenient renewal of the wick; that adds no appreciable 'expense tothe wick; and that is so simple and convenient of manipulation that it may be-placed in unskilled and unfamiliar hands with assurance that the' proper adjustment of the wick within the stove or lamp will be obtained.

The invention consists essentially in providing a carrier for the wick having some sort of positioning or attaching means together with a wick having positioni or attaching means for cooperation with t ose of the carrier wherefore a definite relation between the wick and carrier is bound to result, one of the elements preferably having a series of positioning or vattaching means enabling the other to be adjusted with respect to the former from time to 4 time.

191e. serial No. 224,208.

ln the present embodiment the wick 1 is I provided with aseries of circumferentially Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Jam, 10, 1922 application met March 23,

arranged rows of grommets or eyelets 2.v l

The carrier, designated 3, consistsbf a sheet metal tube having projections 4C turned inward at its upper edge and barbs 5 incline,A inwardly from its lower edge,` the projec- A ytions serving to maintain the wick in contact with the tube ofthe burner wherewith the wick is designed for :use in accordance with, a common and well known practice, while the barbs l5 serve an additional purpose of positively grasping the wick between itself and the burning tube throughout the entire circumference of the wick so that' when the carrier is moved by the' wick rais-v ing and lowering means the wick will move alike throughout its circumference. rlhe carrier is provided with the usual perforations 6 serving the` combined purposeoit admitting oil to the wick and providing means for cooperation with the wick raising and lowering mechanism.

vShown as near its'lower end the carrier is provided. with ositioning and attaching means 10. prefere ly formed by punching inward a plurality of prongs 11 that possess i the resiliency of the material whereof the' carrier is formed.. 'The grommets -or eyelets 2 of the wickere adapted to be vpressed over the prongs 11 and cooperate therewith in the nature of a snap fastener so that the wick may be readily attached to and detached from the carrier.

In attaching the Wick to the carrier it is convenient to Hatten outthe wick and then told it longitudinally upon itself and insert it through the carrier, as vindicated in Fig. 2. Then b placing a finger upon the side of the fol ed wick opposite one of its attaching means, said means may be snapped over one of the -cooperating means of the carrier. By unfoldingl the wick, the next attaching Ameans thereof may be applied to the correspending, attaching means 'of the carrier; and then by opening the wick and placing the fingers inside, the remaining attaching means yoi? the wick and holder may be conveniently brought into engagement. Thereafter the wick may be pressed out against the carrier into the condition illustrated in Fig. 1, when it is ready to be introduced into the burner of the stove or lamp.

From the construction hereinbefore described it will be seen that, when the wick and carrier are assembled the upper edge of the wick bears a definite relation to the carrier; and it must follow, therefore, that when the carrier is placed within the burner, the wick will properly be adjusted for use. After the wick has been consumed to a. given extent, the carrier and the wick may be removed from the burner and the Wick readjusted with respect to the carrier by moving it up to its next row of attaching means so that the life of the Wick is very materially prolonged. This is a decided advantage over the prevailing types of Wick and wick carriers where the Wick and wick carrier are permanently connected and therefore incapable of relative adjustment, and, in addition, making it necessary to discard both wick and carrier. With my invention, new wicks may be supplied for use with old carriers, the latter being practically indestructible.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination of a wick and carrier, the carrier having attaching means, and attaching devices carried by the wick for separable connection with the attaching means of the carrier.

2. The combination of a wick and carrier,

one having a positioning means, and the other a series of positioning devices for in terengagement with the positioning means of the first.

4. The combination of a wick and carrier, one having a set of attaching means, and the other a series of sets of means for cooperation with the attaching means of the first.

5. The combination of a tubular Wick and a cylindrical wick carrier, the carrier having a circumferentially disposed row otv attaching means, and the wick having a series of circumferentially disposed rows of attaching means for cooperation with those of the carrier.

6. The combination of a tubular wick and a cylindrical carrier there-for having inwardly directed projections at its upper end and inwardly directed barbs at its lower end, the carrier being provided with inwardly directed entering elements intermediate its ends, and the Wick having grommets or the reception of the entering elements of the carrier'.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature.

LEE S. CHADWICK. 

